Bicycling and Pedestrian Safety Workshop

Bicycling and Pedestrian Safety Workshop

The New York Bicycling Coaliton (NYBC) Problem Solving Manual for Advoactes and Transportation Professionals strives to get a better understanding between advocates and bureaucrats and elected officials.
      Advocates, in order to organize their membership, have an agenda. Bureaucrats on the other hand, have to carry out specific projects with minimal interference. Elected officials want to be responsive to the
electorate but there are often small groups with an agenda that is not compatible with the mainstream electorate. How can we get safely through this minefield?
     Bicycle advocates need to become instant experts on the issue of roadbed configuration, State, and county regulations and other issues so that they can sit down with bureaucrats to convince them to adjust a project to
accommodate bicyclists. They also have to understand that bureaucrats have to respond to elected officials and cannot always accommodate bicyclists unless elected officials sign off on the project changes.
     How these exchanges take place can be experienced in a workshop using real life projects in your county. See below for the dates in your area. The NYBC manual guides a novice through some of the issues which might come up.

WE INVITE YOU TO ATTEND A FREE CUTTING EDGE, TOP OF THE LINE WORKSHOP ON BICYCLING AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

“BETTER ROADS FOR NEW YORK STATE”

WORKSHOP FORMAT

Facilitated by Jeff Olson, Trailblazer

AFTERNOON SESSION

2:00pm-4:30pm - Presentations by Government, Industry and Specialists

Speakers: Mark Kulewitz AAA, Michael Downing 3M, Stephen Clinger FHWA and others

INTERMISSION

5:00pm-6:00pm - Food Break/Bike Ride

EVENING SESSION

6:30pm-8:30pm - Discussion with Clubs, Enthusiasts and Advocates

HOLD THE DATE

LOCATIONS IN YOUR AREA:
· Albany County -- May 2, 2002:

Albany, SUNY Albany Assembly Hall
· Monroe County -- May 22, 2002:

Rochester, Cornell Cooperative Extension

· Suffolk County -- June 6, 2002:

Hauppauge, Suffolk County Office Building

· Kings County -- June 19, 2002:
Brooklyn, To Be Determined

see www.nybc.net/calendar for updates and more details

Please RSVP to: NYBC PO Box 8868 Albany, NY 12208, jesse@nybc.net or call 518-505-9499

1) where you plan to attend

2) what session (afternoon/evening) you are attending

3) how many people in your party

--All Attendees will receive a free safety manual, a multimedia cd/dvd from the four workshops and other collectibles--

You may download the safety manual now at www.nybc.net or contact us for a hard copy directly via phone, mail or e-mail. Please send us a check for $5.00 for the first copy to cover shipping and handling costs.

Sponsored by the New York Bicycling Coalition (NYBC) with funding made possible by the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee (GTSC)